Herbs That Warm The
Interior And Expel Cold
Herbs which treat interior cold
which is internally generated or external cold pathogen
invading the organs.
The symptoms will include cold extremities, fear of cold,
pale complexion, no thirst with desire for hot drinks, loose/thin
stools, white tongue coating with a slow pulse and a decreased
metabolism. When a cold
pathogenic influence invades the body is will usually attack the
spleen or stomach causing nausea, vomiting g, belching, diarrhea
and a cold pain in the chest and/or abdomen.
Most
of these herbs are warm, acrid and drying in nature which
can easily damage body fluids if administered improperly.
Fu Zi Properties:PUNGENT, HOT -
TOXIC
Dosage:
1.5 15g
Prepatred Meridian: HEART, KIDNEY, SPLEEN
BOIL 30 60 MIN. BEFORE
Aconite Root -restores devastated
yang extreme cold
limbs with abundant cold
-assists heart yang to unblock vessels and improve
circulation
-notifies kidney yang- warms fire and assists yang Qi
for HT/SP/KD
-disperse cold warm channels alleviates
pain due to cold
Gan Jiang Properties: PUNGENT - HOT
Dosage:
3 12g.
Dried Ginger
Meridian: HEART, LUNG, SPLEEN, STOMACH
Root -restores devastated
yang expel interior cold Yang Qi
deficient cold
-spleen & stomach excess cold
-warms lungs and transforms
phlegm - warms middle jiao
-warms
channels stops bleeding
(Pao Jiang)
Rou Gui Properties: PUNGENT, SWEET
- HOT
Dosage:
1.5 4.5g.
Dried Cinnamon Meridian: HEART, KIDNEY, LIVER, SPLEEN
Bark -fortifies kidney yang warms deficient kidney yang
& Qi
-leads floating yang
fire back to its source(KD)
upper heat & lower cold
-disperse
deep cold warms chan.alleviate
pain due to blood/Qi stag
-encourages generation of Qi & blood
-dysmenorrhoea
Wu Zhu Yu Properties: PUNGENT, BITTER - HOT/TOXIC
Dosage
3 9g.
Evodia
Fruit
Meridian: KIDNEY, LIVER, SPLEEN, STOMACH
-warms
middle, disperse cold,
relieve liver channel to alleviate
pain
-redirects stomach Qi downwards vomiting of sour
fluids
-leads
fire downwards mouth/tongue cankers
-warms
spleen & expels damp cold - stops diarrhea
Xiao Hui Xiang Properties: PUNGENT - WARM
Dosage:
3 9g.
Fennel Seed Meridian: LIVER, KIDNEY, SPLEEN, STOMACH
-soothes liver Qi,
warms kidney, expels
cold alleviate pain
-regulates &
harmonize stomach Qi
Gao Liang
Jiang Properties:
PUNGENT - HOT
Dosage:
1.5 9g.
Galangal Rhizome Meridian: SPLEEN, STOMACH
-warms middle jiao, alleviate epigastric/abdominal
pain
-vomit, diarrhea, hiccup due to cold in middle
burner
Chuan Jiao
Properties: PUNGENT - HOT/TOXIC
Dosage: 1.5 6g.
Szechuan Pepper
Meridian: KIDNEY, SPLEEN, STOMACH
-warms
middle jiao, alleviate abdominal pain,
vomit & diarrhea
-Hu Jiao + Ku Shen together = skin rash wash for eczema and kills
parasites
Ding Xiang
Properties: PUNGENT - WARM
Dosage:1.5
4.5g.
Clove Flower Bud Meridian KIDNEY, SPLEEN, STOMACH
-warms middle
jiao direct
rebel Qi downward cold in stomach
-warms kidney
yang impotence leucorrhoea due to deficient cold
Hu Jiao
Properties: PUNGENT - HOT
Dosage:
1.5 4.5g.
Black
Pepper Meridian LARGE INTESTINE, STOMACH
-warms
middle, disperse cold stomach cold, vomiting,
diarrhea, abdominal pain
Hua Jiao
Properties: PUNGENT - HOT/TOXIC
Dosage: 1.5 6g.
Prickly
Ash Meridian
KIDNEY, SPLEEN, STOMACH
(Szechuan Pepper) -warm middle, disperse cold, alleviate pain, spleen and stomach cold
-cold pain in abdomen with vomiting and diarrhea